The Tailor Of Panama
Author: John le Carré
It was a perfectly ordinary Friday afternoon in tropical Panama until Andrew Osnard barged into Harry Pendel’s shop asking to be measured for a suitSo begins John le Carré’s dazzling new novel set in contemporary Panama, reluctant host and future owner of the second largest gateway to world trade.Harry Pendel, Jewish-Irish foster child, is the charismatic proprietor and gu….Read More
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